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2012 macbook air
I install Debain [stretch] [mate] [yep], works like a charm.
Issues I had
-1 The temperature sensors didn't want to work properly -or at all I should say. But after a quick google search, all was good.
-2 When first installed wifi doesn't work but you can easily fix it without having to buy a usb to ethernet adapter. I think I just googled it on another machine then transfered the file over & installed like a boss.
-3 Realizing that I am more of a hipster than normal macbook users being that I am using a macbook but am too good to use macos.
& that's pretty it dudes. Have fun.
13:21 UTC
Black Macbook with Ubuntu 10.10 : Works.
Works well with Ubuntu 10.10. If it's your first time installing be aware that to partition the drive Macs requires you to format the hard drive (that's more of a Mac issue). Otherwise the hardware seems to work well with the latest Ubuntu.
18:54 UTC
tuxrate: Acer Aspire One D255
Seems to require a kernel somewhere newer than 2.6.30 for functional WiFi and Ethernet. Built-in SD card reader doesn't work, but I have read of a work-around. Out of the box, Knoppix 6.7 works very well booting from USB drive; stable and very fast. Speed drops when installed to HDD. Boot time especially suffers, going from a minute or two on SD card to nearly ten min from HDD. Haven't tried the built-in camera, but few of the special function keys work with a default install.
Xubuntu/Lubuntu both work from SD card, with all the limitations of Knoppix, Xubuntu tends to lock up at times. Installed to HDD, both slow considerably, especially on boot, which takes tens of minutes. Xubuntu locks up solid with little more than the screensaver. Xubuntu seems to cause the machine to heat up pretty badly, too.
RIP linux is quick on SD, though a little unstable. Did not install to HDD.
Debian live 6.2 does not allow system login.
Fedora 14 is very unstable, seldom lasting more than ten minutes before crashing, but everything seems to work.
Crunchbang (latest release) boots to a black screen, both versions.
UNR doesn't recognize either the WiFi or Ethernet hardware.
03:51 UTC
tuxrate: Acer Aspire One
Ubuntu NBR works pretty great - haven't tried Wifi in monitor mode yet though.
19:10 UTC
tuxrate Nvidia Geforce 7900 GTX 512
13:53 UTC
tuxrate HP Mininote 2133 1.2Ghz Via
May come preinstalled with SUSE or Windows XP
13:13 UTC
tuxrate: GPUs Geforce 7900 GO GS not great for Linux games. There seems to be little fan support and so it's not good for programs like NVClock.
If there is a solution it probably requires a lot of tweaking and there's no guarantee it'll work.. Either way, keep an eye out.
13:11 UTC
tuxrate Dell Mini 10v
Comes with Ubuntu Pre-installed
11:53 UTC